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Heat Treatment of a Tumor From Outside the Body

Pennsylvania rates for HCPCS 77600

A cancer treatment in which a device applied against the outside of the body warms tumor tissue above normal body temperature for a set period. It is given alongside radiation or chemotherapy, because warmed tumor cells are more vulnerable to those treatments.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Heat Treatment of a Tumor From Outside the Body cost?

$513

Typical negotiated rate. In Pennsylvania, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $513 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $513 from a physician practice, and about $832 from a hospital or other facility.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$513$417 to $646
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$832$513 to $1,288

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $832 · 10th to 90th $372 to $2,239Professionalmedian $513 · 10th to 90th $275 to $832
$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $832professional $513

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,318.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$588.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$79.43
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$524.81
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$79,432.82
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$5,011.87
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$954.99
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$165.96
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$794.33
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$2,238.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$891.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$141.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$776.25
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$933.25
Geisinger
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$181.97
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$891.25
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$158.49
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$776.25
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,318.26
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$588.84
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$79.43
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$524.81
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$831.76
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,288.25
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$501.19
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$79.43
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$436.52
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,288.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$870.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$138.04
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$741.31
6 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$257.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$416.87
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$257.04
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$104.71
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$416.87

Where Pennsylvania sits

The same service costs 6.3 times more in Alaska than in Kentucky. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Pennsylvania· 35th of 51

$513

AK $2,188KY $347

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.